> They used to be good back in the day.  I haven't been to one in a while
> though.  The admission charge is expensive and I don't like buying gear
> from some unknown vendor from Ohio (where if it's bad you have to pay to
> ship it back).  Personally I think some of the stuff being sold there was
> stolen.  I'd say they're over-rated.

Admission has gone up, quality has gone down.  Good deals can still be
found, if you're looking hard enough.  Usually if I'm looking for
something that every vendor has, and there will be no shortage, I go on
Sun afternoon in the last few hours.  Usually you can argue with the
vendors to come down to decent prices on their stuff, especilly if they
have an overstock of it.

Back when floppy disks cost a lot, I got a killer deal on a big box of
floppies.  Curious, I looked at them when I got home.  I found everything
from software installation to data (including financial data) on the
disks.  They hadn't even attempted to format them.  Either the people in
the chain were clueless or criminals, I'm not sure.

-Brian

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